EP0153285A2 - A method and apparatus for gas cooling - Google Patents

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EP0153285A2
EP0153285A2 EP85850035A EP85850035A EP0153285A2 EP 0153285 A2 EP0153285 A2 EP 0153285A2 EP 85850035 A EP85850035 A EP 85850035A EP 85850035 A EP85850035 A EP 85850035A EP 0153285 A2 EP0153285 A2 EP 0153285A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • the present invention relates to a method of cooling a gas, for example compressed air, for use in, for example, machines for the blowing of chiefly hollow bodies such as bottles of plastic or other material, and an apparatus for carrying the method into effect.
  • a gas for example compressed air
  • the task forming the basis of the present invention is to satisfy the above-outlined need.
  • This task is solved according to the present invention in the method described by way of introduction, in that the gas is dried before being fed into an evaporator for cooling the gas by means of a refrigerant in a first loop located in the evaporator, to which the refrigerant is fed from a second loop located in an exchanger, in which exchanger the refrigerant is cooled by means of a further refrigerant prevailing in a third loop.
  • the refrigerant is compressed in a first cooler prior to passage through the second loop in the exchanger and cooling of the refrigerant prior to infeed into the first loop in the evaporator via a capillary tube.
  • the further refrigerant is compressed in a second cooler prior to being fed into the third loop in the exchanger.
  • the gas is filtered before the drying operation and, thereby, prior to being fed into the evaporator.
  • the method according to the present invention is reduced into practice by means of an apparatus which is characterised by an evaporator with a first refrigerant loop, the evaporator being connected via a gas drying apparatus to a gas source and a machine for blowing of objects; the apparatus being further characterised in that the refrigerant loop is connected to a second loop in an exchanger with a third loop intended for a further refrigerant.
  • the second refrigerant loop is connected to the first refrigerant loop by the intermediary of a capillary tube, and the second refrigerant loop is connected to the outlet from a first cooler, while the first loop is connected to the inlet of the cooler.
  • the third loop in the exchanger inteded for the further refrigerant is connected between the inlet and the outlet of a second cooler.
  • the gas source is connected to the evaporator by the intermediary of one or more gas filters and the apparatus for drying the gas from the gas source before the gas is fed into the evaporator.
  • FIG. 1 The embodiment of an apparatus for carrying into effect the method according to the present invention as illustrated in Fig. 1 includes an evaporator 1 with a refrigerant loop 2.
  • the inlet of the evaporator 1 is coupled to a compressed air source of per se known type, eg. a compressed air tank, for which reason this is not shown on the Drawings.
  • a compressed air source of per se known type, eg. a compressed air tank, for which reason this is not shown on the Drawings. While the apparatus and the method according to the present invention will be described in conjunction with the cooling of compressed air, it is clear that any other gas whatever can be cooled in the same manner.
  • Counting from the compressed air source the following components are connected in a conduit from the inlet to the evaporator 1 to the compressed air source: a filter 3 for separating-off liquid from the compressed air, an apparatus 4 for drying the compressed air, a further filter 5 for separating-off dust from the compressed air, a pressure regulator 6 with instruments 7 and a non-return valve 8.
  • the air is dried so that it has a low dew point.
  • the dried and dust- free air is allowed to expand in the pressure regulator 6 to a lower pressure, whereby the dew point will become lower.
  • the pressure regulator 6 is a reduetion valve,hy means of which the pressure of the air is as good as halved For lowering the dew point. In one practical embodiment, the pressure is lowered from 8 to 4 Bar.
  • the compressed air enters the evaporator 1, in which the compressed air is cooled to a very low temperature, which, in the present case is minus 70 to 80 ° C.
  • the cooled compressed air is fed by the intermediary of a valve 9 to the blowing machine and therein into a hollow body via a suitable nozzle which, in one type of blowing machine, may quite simply consist of a tube of a diameter of approx. 6 mm in which there is disposed a tube with an outer diameter of 4 mm and an inner diameter of approx. 2 mm, whereby the gap between the outer tube and the inner tube will be approx. 1 mm.
  • the outer tube there are arranged, furthermore, a number of discharge orifices of a diameter of approx. 1.8 mm. Using such a nozzle, an extremely suitable ventilation in the hollow body will be attained.
  • a refrigerant is caused to flow through the refrigerant loop 2.
  • the refrigerant loop 2 is coupled into a hose or conduit, the outlet of the refrigerant loop 2 being coupled to a cooler 10, via a suction pressure regulator 11.
  • the cooler 10 is of a conventional type and comprises a compressor and a condensor, a pressostat 12 being connected to the cooler 10.
  • the outlet of the cooler 10 is, by the intermediary of a drying apparatus 13 which is often designated a dry filter, connected to a refrigerant loop 14 in an exchanger 15.
  • the outlet of the refrigerant loop 14 is coupled to the inlet of the refrigerant loop 2 via a capillary tube 16 of per se known type. To reduce the risk of blocking of the capillary tube 16, it may be advisable to place the dry filter 13 immediately ahead of the capillary tube instead of after the cooler 10.
  • the exchanger 15 includes a further refrigerant loop 17 whose outlet is coupled to the inlet of a cooler 18.
  • This cooler 18 is of per sc known type and comprises a compressor and a condensor.
  • the cooler 18 is, further, provided with two pressostats 19 and 20.
  • the outlet of the cooler 18 is coupled to the inlet of the refrigerant loop 17 via a tank or reservoir 21, a drying apparatus 22, a sight glass 23 and an expansion valve 24.
  • the refrigerant cooled by means of the cooler 18 is preferably a refrigerant of the type freon R502 and the refrigerant cooled by the cooler 10 is preferably a refrigerant of the type freon R13.
  • the method according to the present invention it is possible, using a relatively simple apparatus, to cool compressed air to a temperature as low as minus 70-80 C. If desired, it is, naturally, possible to pre-cool the compressed air by means of a further evaporator whose refrigerant loop may be coupled to one of the coolers 10, 18.
  • the pressostats 12, 19 and 20 serve for starting and stopping their coolers 10 and 18, respectively.
  • the pressostat 12 switches off the cooler 10 at too high pressure of the refrigerant in the loop, while the pressostat 20 starts the cooler 10 at sufficiently low pressure and thereby sufficiently low temperature of the refrigerant, and the pressostat 19 starts the cooler at' sufficiently high pressure, and thereby high temperature, and stops the cooler at low pressure and thereby low temperature.
  • the apparatus 4 for drying the compressed air may be a so-called adsorpLion dryer which lowers the dew point of the compressed to minus 60°C or lower. In the exchanger 15, the refrigerant from the cooler 10 is cooled to approx. minus 40-45°C, and in the evaporator 1, the compressed air can be cooled to a temperature of minus 100-110 C.
  • the evaporator 1 is in the form of a pressure vessel 30 with an air inlet 31, whose discharge orifice 32 is directed towards the top of the pressure vessel 30, so that the infed air is distributed throughout the entire vessel under downward flow through the vessel to its bottom. At the bottom, there is an air outlet 33, whose discharge orifice 34 is directed towards the bottom of the vessel.
  • the loop 2 is arranged as a per se known lamellar battery with inlet 35 and outlet 36.
  • brackets 37, 38 and 39 are provided for lamellar batteries of different sizes, as well as a moisture bleeder outlet 40.
  • the exchanger 15 with the loops 14 and 17 is mounted on the outside of the pressure vessel 30 and may possibly be a coaxial exchanger which is disposed about the pressure vessel 30.
  • the pressure vessel 30 and the exchanger 15 are enclosed in a suitable thermal insulation material 41, for example a suitable foamed plastic.
  • the use of the cold compressed air is not restricted to machines for blowing hollow bodies, but the cold compressed air may be used in a multitude of conceivable cooling contexts, for example for the cooling of concrete.

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The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for cooling a gas, for example compressed air, which is dried and thereafter fed into an evaporator (1) for cooling therein by means of a first refrigerant, which is cooled by means of a cooler (10) and fed into the evaporator (1) via cooling in an exchanger (15), in which the first refrigerant is cooled by means of a second refrigerant which, in its turn, is cooled by means of a second cooler (18).

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    TECIINICAL FIELD
  • The present invention relates to a method of cooling a gas, for example compressed air, for use in, for example, machines for the blowing of chiefly hollow bodies such as bottles of plastic or other material, and an apparatus for carrying the method into effect.
    • BACKGROUND ART
  • In machines for the blowing of, for example, plastic bottles, use has hitherto been made of normal compressed air at approximately room temperature for blowing the objects into molds intended for the blow- molding. In attempts to increase production output rate, certain attempts have been made to use cooled nitrogen gas or carbon dioxide, but the production output rate increases thus attained have not been sufficient to outweigh the costs for the gas, for which reason the employment of nitrogen gas and carbon dioxide has not been motivated or been put to any appreciable use. Thus, there is a great need within the art for a cooled gas which can be obtained at reasonable cost. OBJECT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
  • The task forming the basis of the present invention is to satisfy the above-outlined need.
    • SOLUTION
  • This task is solved according to the present invention in the method described by way of introduction, in that the gas is dried before being fed into an evaporator for cooling the gas by means of a refrigerant in a first loop located in the evaporator, to which the refrigerant is fed from a second loop located in an exchanger, in which exchanger the refrigerant is cooled by means of a further refrigerant prevailing in a third loop. The refrigerant is compressed in a first cooler prior to passage through the second loop in the exchanger and cooling of the refrigerant prior to infeed into the first loop in the evaporator via a capillary tube. The further refrigerant is compressed in a second cooler prior to being fed into the third loop in the exchanger. The gas is filtered before the drying operation and, thereby, prior to being fed into the evaporator. The method according to the present invention is reduced into practice by means of an apparatus which is characterised by an evaporator with a first refrigerant loop, the evaporator being connected via a gas drying apparatus to a gas source and a machine for blowing of objects; the apparatus being further characterised in that the refrigerant loop is connected to a second loop in an exchanger with a third loop intended for a further refrigerant. The second refrigerant loop is connected to the first refrigerant loop by the intermediary of a capillary tube, and the second refrigerant loop is connected to the outlet from a first cooler, while the first loop is connected to the inlet of the cooler. The third loop in the exchanger inteded for the further refrigerant is connected between the inlet and the outlet of a second cooler. The gas source is connected to the evaporator by the intermediary of one or more gas filters and the apparatus for drying the gas from the gas source before the gas is fed into the evaporator.
    • ADVANTAGES
  • By means of a method and an apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible, at relatively low cost, to produce a suitable blowing gas for use in machines for the blowing of, for example, plastic bottles. Thanks to the low temperature imparted to the gas according to the method of the present invention, and by means of an apparatus according to the present invention, produetion output rate in the blowing machine may be raised considerably. In practical tests, it has been demonstrated that production can be increased by 20-30% and more in certain cases. Since the costs for the gas are slight, capital investment costs for the apparatus according to the present invention proper can be written-off in an extremely short time. Here- over, the employment of cooled compressed air according to the present invention involves no hazard to the working environment whatsoever. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
  • The nature of the present invention and its aspects will be more readily understood from the following brief description of the accompanying Drawings, and discussion relating thereto.
  • In the accompanying Drawings:
    • Fig. 1 is a diagram of an apparatus for carrying into effect a method according to one embodiment of the present invention; and
    • Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a part of the apparatus of Fig. 1. DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
  • The embodiment of an apparatus for carrying into effect the method according to the present invention as illustrated in Fig. 1 includes an evaporator 1 with a refrigerant loop 2. The inlet of the evaporator 1 is coupled to a compressed air source of per se known type, eg. a compressed air tank, for which reason this is not shown on the Drawings. While the apparatus and the method according to the present invention will be described in conjunction with the cooling of compressed air, it is clear that any other gas whatever can be cooled in the same manner. Counting from the compressed air source, the following components are connected in a conduit from the inlet to the evaporator 1 to the compressed air source: a filter 3 for separating-off liquid from the compressed air, an apparatus 4 for drying the compressed air, a further filter 5 for separating-off dust from the compressed air, a pressure regulator 6 with instruments 7 and a non-return valve 8.
  • In the drying apparatus 4, the air is dried so that it has a low dew point. After dust separation in the filter 5, the dried and dust- free air is allowed to expand in the pressure regulator 6 to a lower pressure, whereby the dew point will become lower. In the present case, the pressure regulator 6 is a reduetion valve,hy means of which the pressure of the air is as good as halved For lowering the dew point. In one practical embodiment, the pressure is lowered from 8 to 4 Bar.After passage of the non-return valve 8,the compressed air enters the evaporator 1, in which the compressed air is cooled to a very low temperature, which, in the present case is minus 70 to 80°C.
  • From the evaporator 1, the cooled compressed air is fed by the intermediary of a valve 9 to the blowing machine and therein into a hollow body via a suitable nozzle which, in one type of blowing machine, may quite simply consist of a tube of a diameter of approx. 6 mm in which there is disposed a tube with an outer diameter of 4 mm and an inner diameter of approx. 2 mm, whereby the gap between the outer tube and the inner tube will be approx. 1 mm. In the outer tube, there are arranged, furthermore, a number of discharge orifices of a diameter of approx. 1.8 mm. Using such a nozzle, an extremely suitable ventilation in the hollow body will be attained.
  • For realising the desired cooling of the compressed air in the evaporator 1, a refrigerant is caused to flow through the refrigerant loop 2. The refrigerant loop 2 is coupled into a hose or conduit, the outlet of the refrigerant loop 2 being coupled to a cooler 10, via a suction pressure regulator 11. The cooler 10 is of a conventional type and comprises a compressor and a condensor, a pressostat 12 being connected to the cooler 10. The outlet of the cooler 10 is, by the intermediary of a drying apparatus 13 which is often designated a dry filter, connected to a refrigerant loop 14 in an exchanger 15. The outlet of the refrigerant loop 14 is coupled to the inlet of the refrigerant loop 2 via a capillary tube 16 of per se known type. To reduce the risk of blocking of the capillary tube 16, it may be advisable to place the dry filter 13 immediately ahead of the capillary tube instead of after the cooler 10.
  • The exchanger 15 includes a further refrigerant loop 17 whose outlet is coupled to the inlet of a cooler 18. This cooler 18 is of per sc known type and comprises a compressor and a condensor.The cooler 18 is, further, provided with two pressostats 19 and 20. The outlet of the cooler 18 is coupled to the inlet of the refrigerant loop 17 via a tank or reservoir 21, a drying apparatus 22, a sight glass 23 and an expansion valve 24.
  • The refrigerant cooled by means of the cooler 18 is preferably a refrigerant of the type freon R502 and the refrigerant cooled by the cooler 10 is preferably a refrigerant of the type freon R13.
  • Thus, by the method according to the present invention, it is possible, using a relatively simple apparatus, to cool compressed air to a temperature as low as minus 70-80 C. If desired, it is, naturally, possible to pre-cool the compressed air by means of a further evaporator whose refrigerant loop may be coupled to one of the coolers 10, 18.
  • It should also be observed that the pressostats 12, 19 and 20 serve for starting and stopping their coolers 10 and 18, respectively. The pressostat 12 switches off the cooler 10 at too high pressure of the refrigerant in the loop, while the pressostat 20 starts the cooler 10 at sufficiently low pressure and thereby sufficiently low temperature of the refrigerant, and the pressostat 19 starts the cooler at' sufficiently high pressure, and thereby high temperature, and stops the cooler at low pressure and thereby low temperature. The apparatus 4 for drying the compressed air may be a so-called adsorpLion dryer which lowers the dew point of the compressed to minus 60°C or lower. In the exchanger 15, the refrigerant from the cooler 10 is cooled to approx. minus 40-45°C, and in the evaporator 1, the compressed air can be cooled to a temperature of minus 100-110 C.
  • Turning to Fig. 2, in one practical embodiment of an apparatus according to the present invention, the evaporator 1 is in the form of a pressure vessel 30 with an air inlet 31, whose discharge orifice 32 is directed towards the top of the pressure vessel 30, so that the infed air is distributed throughout the entire vessel under downward flow through the vessel to its bottom. At the bottom, there is an air outlet 33, whose discharge orifice 34 is directed towards the bottom of the vessel. In the pressure vessel 30, the loop 2 is arranged as a per se known lamellar battery with inlet 35 and outlet 36. In the pressure vessel 30, brackets 37, 38 and 39 are provided for lamellar batteries of different sizes, as well as a moisture bleeder outlet 40. The exchanger 15 with the loops 14 and 17 is mounted on the outside of the pressure vessel 30 and may possibly be a coaxial exchanger which is disposed about the pressure vessel 30. The pressure vessel 30 and the exchanger 15 are enclosed in a suitable thermal insulation material 41, for example a suitable foamed plastic.
  • Naturally, the use of the cold compressed air is not restricted to machines for blowing hollow bodies, but the cold compressed air may be used in a multitude of conceivable cooling contexts, for example for the cooling of concrete.

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1. In a method for cooling a gas, for example compressed air, for use in, for example, machines for blowing, chiefly, hollow bodies such as bottles of plastic or other material, the steps of: drying the gas prior to its infeed into an evaporator for cooling of the gas by means of a refrigerant in a first loop located in the evaporator, to which loop the refrigerant is fed from a second loop located in an exhanger, in which exchanger the refrigerant is cooled by means of a further refrigerant prevailing in a third loop.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the refrigerant is compressed in a first cooler for passage of the second loop in the exchanger and cooling thereof prior to its being fed into the first loop in the evaporator by the intermediary of a capillary tube.
3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the further refrigerant is compressed in a second cooler prior to being fed into the third loop in the exchanger.
4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the pressure of the gas is reduced prior to its being fed into the evaporator, for lowering the dew point.
5. An apparatus for carrying out the method as recited in claim 1, wherein an evaporator (1) with a first refrigerant loop (2) is connected, by the intermediary of a gas drying apparatus (4), to a gas source, and possibly a machine for blowing objects; and d wherein the refrigerant loop (2) is connected to a second loop (14) in an exchanger (15) with a third loop (17) intended for a further refrigerant.
6. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the second refrigerant loop (14) is connected to the first refrigerant loop (2) by the intermediary of a capillary tube (16); and wherein the second refrigerant loop (14) is connected to the outlet from the first cooler (10), while the first loop (2) is connected to the inlet of the cooler (10).
7. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the third loop (17) in the exchanger (15) for the further refrigerant is coupled in between the inlet and the outlet of a second cooler (18).
a. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the gas source is connected to the evaporator (1) by the intermediary of one or more gas filters (3, 5) and the apparatus (4) for drying the gas from the gas source before the gas is fed into the evaporator (1).
9. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the refrigerant loop (2) of the evaporator (1) is disposed in a pressure vessel (30) with a gas inlet (31) which is directed towards the top of the pressure vessel (30) for distributing the gas throughout the entire refrigerant loop (2), and with a gas outlet (33) which is directed towards the bottom of the pressure vessel (30) for withdrawal of the gas from the pressure vessel (30).
10. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the exchanger (15) with the second loop (14) and the third loop (17) is disposed on or at the pressure vessel (30); and wherein the pressure vessel (30) with the exchanger (15) is enclosed in a jacket of thermal insulation material, for example a suitable foamed plastic.
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